Common Hermitian and positive solutions to the adjointable operator equations \(AX = C\), \(XB = D\) (Q927741)

The author extends and corrects some results from [\textit{A.\,Dajić} and \textit{J.\,J.\thinspace Koliha}, J.~Math, Anal.\ Appl.\ 333, No.\,2, 567--576 (2007; Zbl 1120.47009)], where positive common solutions \(X\) were found for the equations in the title within the framework of \(C^*\)-algebras. Working in the more general setting of Hilbert \(C^*\)-modules, the author of the present paper provides necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of common Hermitian and positive solutions \(X\) to the above equations.